Gsellman, Leroux Lead Gnats to Victory (in gifs!)

Savannah Sand Gnats @ Greenville Drive

June 19, 2014

Robert Gsellman @ Jamie Callahan

Teams	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E
Savannah	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0		6	8	2
Greenville	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		3	8	1

MiLB.com Boxscore

The Highlights:

Pitchers

Robert Gsellman (W, 5-3, 2.79 ERA) – 5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R (2 ER), BB, 5 SO, HR, HBP, 95 Pitches (59 Strikes), 23 Batters Faced, 6 Groundouts, 4 Fly Outs

Dario Alvarez – 1.2 IP, 3 H, 2 SO

Hunter Carnevale (H, 1) – 0.2 IP, 2 SO

Akeel Morris (S, 3) – IP, H

Mike Adams – 2 IP, 3 SO

Batters

Dominic Smith – 1-3, R, 2B (11), BB

Jonathon Leroux – 2-4, 2 R, 3B (1), RBI (4), SO

Jorge Rivero – 1-3, 2 R, BB

Tzu-Wei Lin 2-5

Wendell Rijo – 1-3, R, 2B (12), BB, SO

Manuel Margot – 2-4, R, 2B (11), HR (5), 2 RBI (22), SO

Recap in gifs:

            The Savannah Sand Gnats started the second half off on the right foot with a win, pushing their overall record on the season to 45-22. Gsellman and the bullpen did their job effectively and a red-hot Jonathon Leroux led the offensive attack.

            After the Gnats went down in order in the top of the first, Robert Gsellman went out and did the same in the bottom, including striking out the first batter to see him – Forrestt Allday swinging.

            Leroux got the 2^nd inning rally started with a one out single.

            Jorge Rivero followed with a single of his own.

            Colton Plaia with drive them both in with this double.

            Gsellman picked up his second strikeout when he got Carlos Asuaje swinging to lead off the 2^nd.

            Wendell Rijo would double to RF, but was thrown out trying to extend it to a triple. Manuel Margot would follow with this flare to RF that got passed a diving Biondi and bounced around long enough for him to touch them all.

            The Gnats wouldn’t wait long to get the run back though, thanks to the speed of Patrick Biondi. He reached on a HBP to the shoulder and the announcer was saying the Gnats might take him out. He would stay in the game and steal 2B and 3B on consecutive pitches, coming into to score after his steal of 3B thanks to an errant throw from the Greenville catcher.

            Gsellman will freeze hitters all night with a nice curve; here he gets Zach Kapstein looking for the second out of the 3^rd.

            After a 1-1 count to Margot with two outs in the 4^th, he went back-to-back curveballs to strike him out.

            He picked up his final strikeout of the night by getting Kapstein swinging for the second out in the 5^th.

            Dominic Smith got things started in the top of the 6^th with this double.

            Leroux followed with this RBI triple.

            After Rivero walked and Plaia struck out, Stefan Sabol drove in Leroux with this double.

            Rivero would score thanks to this wild pitch.

            Dario Alvarez came in to relieve Gsellman with two on and two outs in the 6^th and gave up and RBI double to Margot. He would then get Kendrick Perkins to strike out swinging on a passed ball by Plaia, which allowed Rijo to score from 3B.

            Alvarez would stay on for the 7^th, which is when he got Allday to strikeout swinging with Kapstein on 1B.

            Alvarez would yield to Hunter Carnevale with one out and nobody on in the 8^th. Carnevale would get his first batter, Rijo, to strike out swinging.

            After a throwing error kept the inning alive, Carnevale picked up his second strikeout of the night, getting Kendrick Perkins swinging.

            Akeel Morris worked around a one out single in the 9^th to record the save, his third of the season.

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